Thomas Cooper Guilty, Joseph Rourk Innocent, Nov. 22, 1924

Thomas E. Cooper Is Found Guilty; Jos. Rourk Freed. . . Verdict in Case Rendered by Jury Which Deliberated Some Time Before Reaching Its Verdict. . . Case Continued for Two Weeks. . . Cooper Found Guilty of Violating State Banking Laws—Was Tried Jointly with Joseph Rourk

By the Associated Press

Wilmington, N.C., Nov. 22—Thomas E. Cooper, former President of the defunct Liberty Savings Bank of this city, today was found guilty of violation of the state banking laws by a jury in Superior Court. Joseph C. Rourk, former cashier of the bank, on trial jointly with Cooper, was found not guilty.

Judge Henry A. Grady, who presided over the trial, announced immediately after the jury returned its verdict that sentence would be imposed on Cooper at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon.

The jury’s verdict held Cooper guilty on four misdemeanor counts in connection with transactions in handling the affairs of the defunct Liberty Savings Bank.

Rourk was indicted on the same counts, and the cases were tried together, the jury finding the former cashier not guilty.

The case went to the jury at 5:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon after a trial that had lasted for nearly two weeks. It deliberated until 11:30 o’clock last night when Judge Grady ordered it locked up for the night. This morning, after only a short period of deliberation, an agreement was reached and the verdict announced in open court.

Cooper, a brother of Lieut. Governor W.B. Cooper, was president of the Liberty Savings Bank which closed about two years ago. He also had been connected with a bank in Raleigh.

The state in the long drawn-out trial, through Solicitor Woodus Kellum, subjected Cooper to a grueling cross examination for more than three days.

The prosecution contended that Cooper, the president of the bank, violated the state banking law by making loans when the reserved of the institution were below the amount required by law.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Nov. 22, 1924

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Mother Says Father Killed, Abandoned Baby in Barrel, Nov. 22, 1924

Admits Maternity of Baby Found in Barrel. . . Negress of High Point Declares Father Choked Child to Death and Then Hid It

High Point, Nov. 20—Etta Sheetz, negress, was arrested here today after she is said to have admitted that she was the mother of an infant whose body schoolboys found concealed in a barrel in this city Tuesday. She is being held in the city jail while police investigate the affair.

The woman told Chief of Police Blackwelder that the father of the child choked it to death and then hid the body in honeysuckle vines, where it was found 36 hours later. She is said to have given the name of the man to the police, wo declined to reveal it tonight, officers stating that they were searching for him. Questioned by police, Etta at first denied that she was the mother of the child, but when examined by the city physician, Dr. S.S. Coe, and after blood stains were fund on the door of her room, she admitted it.

The child, she said, was born Sunday night, and its father choked it to death by wrapping a piece of cloth tightly around the neck. He then placed the body in a barrel and carried it to the honeysuckle vine about 300 yards from the house, she said.

From page 3 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Nov. 22, 1924

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Miller Scalded to Death When His Cab Was Struck, Nov. 22, 1924

Engineer J.W. Miller Is Scalded to Death. . . Is Pinioned in His Cab When His Engine Is Struck by Another at Spencer

Spencer, Nov. 21—Yard Engineer Jno. W. Miller, aged about 50 years, was scalded to death when caught with a sideswipe by another engine on the Spencer yards this afternoon. Death followed in a hospital two hours after the accident.

It is said Mr. Miller’s engine was standing on a switch when an engine in charge of Engineer Swaringen struck it. Mr. Miller was pinioned in his cab with bursted steam pipes blowing hard in his face and body.

He is survived by a wife and three children and had been in the service of the Southern for about 28 years.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Nov. 22, 1924

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Father and Son Banquet at the "Y", Nov. 22, 1924

Annual City Father and Son Banquet Held Here. . . More Than 250 Fathers and Sons Attended Banquet, Which Was One of Much Interest and Profit. . . Rev. C.B. Scovill Presiding Officer. . . Music, Readings, Short Addresses and Supper Among Features Offered to Large Crowd Present

Comradeship and friendship were the prevailing notes at the city Father and Son banquet held Friday night at the Y.M.C.A. More than 150 men and boys were present in addition to the entertainers, and the event proved of keen interest to all present.

Staged under the direction of Secretary H.W. Blanks, of the Y, the banquet was made successful by the cooperation of all agencies of the Y and the city. The city Hi-Y clubs rendered especially fine service to Mr. Blanks as did the Y orchestra and the ladies of the city who prepared and served the luncheon.

The following are the officers of the Hi-Y clubs which took part in the banquet and its preparations:

Senior Club—Joe Pell leader; J.F. Harris Jr., president; George Howard, vice president; Frank Armfield, secretary; Livingston Easley, treasurer.

Junior Club—Ed. Morrison, leader; Ed. Dorton, president; John Armfield, secretary and treasurer; Billy Moore, correspondent.

The music of the Y orchestra was one of the most pleasing features of the fine program offered at the banquet. Members of the orchestra are:

Prof. Price Doyle, director; Jason Fisher, assistant director; Jason Gaskel, violin; John Roseman, trumpet; Carl Blackwelder, second cornet; Luther Blackwelder, trombone; Archie Earnhardt, trombone; Willie Murr, drum; A. Viola, flute; George Peck, alto saxophone; Bill Caldwell, clarinet; Buford Dellinger, clarinet; J.A. Peck, baritone saxophone; S.K. Patterson, flute; John Goodman, piano; and J.P. Peacock, bass horn.

The banquet was arranged as a trip from “Dadtown to Boyville,” and instead of a toastmaster there was a train dispatcher, and each number on the program was given a train number. The dispatcher was Rev. C.B. Scovil, rector of All Saints Episcopal Clhurch, who presided in a most pleasing manner. Some of the towns passed by the train, according to the schedule given to the guests, were Hikesville, baseball Corner, Church Pen, Happyhome City and Chumburg. The railroad was described as “America’s Greatest.”

The Davidson College quartette and Miss Loraine Blanks offered interesting bits to the program. The college singers were roundly applauded after their two appearances, and Miss Blanks read with such unusual ability that she was forced to respond to the applause of her hearers with an encore.

The banquet began with the invocation by Rev. R.G. Short of the west Concord Baptist Church and during the luncheon several numbers were rendered by the orchestra. After the luncheon and before the speeches were made, a snappy song was led by Miss Mary MacLaughlin of the high school faculty.

“The Sharing of Life” was the subject on which Mr. Scovil talked for a few minutes. It is fine to have the spirit of sharing, which means giving, Mr. Scovill said, but first it is necessary to have something to share. He declared every boy should have to share with others a sound body, a sound mind, and a reverent spirit. “Real happiness comes through giving.”

J.F. Harris Jr. gave a toast to dads from the lads, in which he urged his companions to make comrades and friends of their dads.

The response was made by D.B. Coltrane, who urged his hearers, and especially the young people, to talk carefully at all times because “we are being observed.” Neighbors, merchants, bankers, farmers, preachers and others are watching, Mr. Coltrain said, and the young people must be careful that they “bear watching.” Mr. Coltrain also urged his young hearers to get an aim in life. “There is no fun in life unless it leads to something,” Mr. Coltrain said. “Aim is the bread of spiritual life.”

Wallace Moore had for his subject “Pulling Together,” and he gave codes of living for both father and son that he declared would result in closer relationship between father and son.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Nov. 22, 1924

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Searching for Outlaws Who Shot Two Officers, Nov. 22, 1924

Search Continues for Moonshine Desperadoes. . . Officers from Asheville Said to be Closing in on Outlaws in Transylvania County

Asheville, Nov. 20—Federal authorities of Asheville and surrounding counties were tonight declared to be closing in on the two whiskey blockaders who late yesterday wounded Prohibition Officers Ben Draper and Will Owens when the officers approached a still said to have been operated by the assailants.

Officer Draper, who was at first thought to have been fatally injured, was reported tonight to be resting comfortably at the Brevard Hospital, to which he was rushed from Old Toxaway in Transylvania county, near which place the trouble occurred, and it is said that he will probably recover. Two bullets from a high-powered rifle entered his body, one in his shoulder and the other in the side.

Owens was shot once, the bullet entering his side, but inflicting only minor injuries, and he was reported this afternoon as having joined the posse which is searching for the escaped blockaders.

From page 6 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Nov. 22, 1924

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Flowe and Marsh Buildings Being Rebuilt, Nov. 22, 1924

Rebuilding Flowe and Marsh Buildings Now. . . Buildings Damaged by Fire Several Weeks Ago Will be Put in Fine Shape Again

Materials have been placed on the ground so that carpenters on Monday can begin the work of rebuilding the Flowe and Marsh buildings which were recently damaged by fire. The Piedmont theatre formerly occupied the first floor of the Flowe building and the Porter Drug Store occupied the Marsh building.

A new roof and new floors on the second floor are required for the Marsh building while the Flowe building will have to be rebuilt with the exception of the outside walls. New floors are needed on both the first and second floors and plans call for a practically new building.

Water flooded the Porter Drug Store during the rain Friday afternoon and night but the company’s stock of goods was not damaged as temporary roofs were erected on the inside of the store. The roofs cover the soda fountain, the wall cabinets and the prescription desk in the rear.

Work on the two buildings will get underway Monday and will be rushed. No announcement has been made yet as to what concern will occupy the Flowe building but the drug company will continue to occupy the Marsh building.

From page 7 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Nov. 22, 1924

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Oak Ridge Baptist Church Homecoming, Nov. 22, 1924

Homecoming at the Oak Ridge Baptist Church

A homecoming service will be held at Oak Ridge Baptist Church on the fifth Sunday in November, beginning at 10 o’clock a.m. The pastor will preach at the 11 o’clock service, and Rev. R.G. Short, pastor of West Concord Baptist Church, will preach at 2 p.m. The choir from Kannapolis Baptist Church will furnish the music for the afternoon service. Dinner will be served on the grounds, and everybody is invited to attend this service.

From page 8 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Nov. 22, 1924

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Editor to Spend Winter in Florida, Nov. 22, 1924

Graves Says He’s Coming Back

Hendersonville, Nov. 20—Col. John Temple Graves, editor of The Hendersonville Times, left Tuesday for Palm Beach, where he will spend the winter. There will be no interruption in his daily contributions to The Times, or his personal supervision of the paper’s news and editorial policies.

The Colonel will return to Hendersonville in the early spring. He went away feeling fine and much refreshed, and declared that he hoped to be able to increase his personal acquaintanceship in Hendersonville when he gets back.

Despite two serious major operations, Colonel Graves is regaining his health rapidly and before leaving “Woodfields” he was able to take long daily walks. He said he had never spent a more delightful summer and fall.

From page 5 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Nov. 22, 1924

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Baptists Collecting Pledges This Month, Nov. 22, 1924

To Wind Up the $75 Million Campaign

Raleigh, Nov. 22—Every wheel in every Baptist Church in North Carolina is supposed to begin to turn tomorrow with a view to winding up the $75 Million Campaign in this state by November 30, when the 1925 unified program will be launched. In other words, all the organizations in the 2,200 churches in the state are supposed to get busy tomorrow and finish up what remains to be collected of the 75 Million Campaign pledges taken five years ago. At least $400,000 must be raised next week if the churches measure up to what will be required to meet obligations on the various agencies and institutions of the denomination. Of this amount at least $100,000 will go to the Thomasville Orphanage as a Thanksgiving offering, which will count on the pledge. The custom of giving at this time the price of one day’s work to the orphanage has become quite common among Baptists in this state.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Nov. 22, 1924

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Sons and Daughters of Liberty Giving Bible and Flag to Primary School, Nov. 22, 1924

Martha Washington Council to Present Bible

The Martha Washington Council No. 2 Sons and Daughters of Liberty will present to the No. 1 Primary School a Bible and flag on Sunday afternoon, November 23rd, at 3 o’clock. Several interesting addresses will be given by Mr. Edward Murray, State Councilor, of Raleigh, Mr. Ed. Kesler of Salisbury and Rev. A.T. Cain of Concord. The public is cordially invited.

From page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Nov. 22, 1924

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Mr. and Mrs. Hartsell Honored at Dinner Party, Nov. 22, 1924

Entertains for Mr. and Mrs. Hartsell

Mr. and Mrs. L.T. Hartsell Jr. were honor guests at a brilliant dinner party given Friday evening by A. Jones Yorke at his home on North Union Street. Covers were laid for Mr. and Mrs. Hartsell, Miss Margaret Virginia Ervin and Robert Bell, Miss Ruth Crowell and Joe Bost, Miss Elizabeth Smith and William Morris, Miss Luc Richmond Lentz and Joe Pell, Miss Martha Best of Warsaw and Mr. Yorke.

After dinner Mr. Yorke and his guests enjoyed bridge at three tables.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Nov. 22, 1924

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Fires Raging in 12 Mountain Counties, Nov. 21, 1924

Many Forest Fires Giving Much Trouble in the Mountains

Forest fires have been raging in the nearby mountains during the past week or more. During the day the sky has been partly hazed with smoke from burning debris on the mountain side, while at night great red blazes can be seen winding their slow and tortuous way across the nearby mountains. The fires are closer than they have been during the past several years. A great many acres of land have been burned over, and considerable damage has been done. The unusual dry weather of the fall has contributed largely to the continued burning blazes.

But not only near Murphy, but at other places in the county have fires been raging. The first of the week district fire warden C.I. Peterson of Asheville reported that wardens in this county had checked 10 fires, which had burned over some 500 acres of mountain land; in Haywood, there have been 12 fires covering about 2,300 acres; Clay, four fires covering 250 acres; Henderson, three fires covering 250 acres; Transylvania, three fires covering 900 acres; Polk, four fires covering 40 acres, and Madison, one fire covering 100 acres.

The fires this year are reported as being worse than last year. Some wardens claim they have been worse than they have seen in a number of years. The damage has been done to second growth principally.

From the front page of the Cherokee Scout, Murphy, N.C., Friday, November 21, 1924

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Company Buys Town's Hydro-Electric Power Plant, Nov. 21, 1924

Power Plant Is Sold. . . Carolina-Tennessee Power Co. Contracts Notla Development

One of the largest business transactions completed in this section in some time was consummated the first of the week when negotiations were completed whereby the Carolina-Tennessee Power Company purchased the hydro-electric plant of the town of Murphy. The present consideration was $200,000 and other rights and privileges, which will make the consideration greatly exceed this sum, according terms of the contract, to be made public this week. The mayor and town council have already signed the contract of sale on the part of the town but an election has been called for the purpose of obtaining the approval of the voters of the action of the city officials.

The proposition of selling the power plant on Notla River came up some weeks ago but there was little prospect of a sale until early in the month when President W.V.N. Powelson of the Carolina-Tennessee Power Company approached city authorities and made an offer to purchase the plant. Terms of sale and terms upon which the power company would buy the plant were exchanged between the contracting parties and showed a rather wide difference, but these differences were ironed out at a conference between the mayor and the power company at its New York office and the contract was formally approved by the board of commissioners this week.

The election has been called for December 23rd. For the purpose of the election a new registration is called. T.W. Axley has been appointed registrar and H.D. akin and Sid Pendley judges to hold the election.

By the terms of the contract, the power company obligates itself to pay all interest charges and liquidate all bonds issued for the purpose of building the city power plant and pay the town the difference between the amount of the outstanding bonds and $200,000. The power company also obligates itself to furnish the city free street lights for a period of sixty years, which is the length of the franchise granted the power company by the city. The power company is to make bond to guarantee its faithful performance of its part of the contract.

The city plant consists of a certain dam on Notla River, about three miles from the city power house, generators of approximately 500 horsepower capacity, riparian and other rights along the river, transmission lines, meters, poles, and other equipment necessary in the generating and distribution of electrical energy. Along with the plant, the Carolina-Tennessee Power Company received a franchise to use the city streets for a period of 50 years for poles and transmission lines and all contracts the city has for supplying electrical energy. The sale of the plant will become effective January 1, 1925, if the voters approve of the sale, and there is every indication that such will be the case.

The sale of this plant has much more significance than appears on the surface. It means the active entrance of New York capital int this area and will no doubt hasten the development of the Hiawansee River down which are ?? daily thousands of horsepower of energy awaiting to be harnessed and put to work. The Carolina-Tennessee Power Company has been in this field for 10 . . . . (can’t read several lines) right to develop the river. The purchase of the power plant of the town, it is believed here, is the first step toward getting under way huge developments down the Hiawassee river. It is believed that power from the Notla dam will be used in constructing the first large dam down the Hiawassee. This will be of tremendous benefit to Murphy and Cherokee County and this whole section as it will undoubtedly bring in other industries and create much taxable wealth in the county, utilize our natural resources and furnish labor to many of our people. The Carolina Tennessee Power Company is a North Carolina corporation owned by New York capital.

The city power plant was constructed in 1919 and 1920 and generates about 500 horsepower of electrical power. It is expected that its capacity will soon be increased by the new owners.

From the front page of the Cherokee Scout, Murphy, N.C., Friday, November 21, 1924

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Mayor Fain Asks Murphy Residents to Conserve Water, Nov. 21, 1924

Proclamation by the Mayor

Whereas, the continued dry weather has caused a shortage in our city water supply, and

Whereas, an adequate water supply is necessary for the health and comfort of the people of the Town of Murphy, and Whereas, a wise use of our water supply during the present emergency will probably render it sufficient for drinking, cooking and other absolutely necessary purposes,

Now, Therefore, I, W.M. Fain, Mayor of the Town of Murphy do hereby proclaim a shortage in our water supply and call upon the people of the Town to cease using water except for absolutely necessary purposes. Garages, business houses, public places of every description and character, together with all residents of the Town are asked to use just as little water as is absolutely necessary until the emergency is relieved by rain. With the cooperation of every individual user of water, it is believed that we can go through the present emergency without taking action to regulate the use of water. The help of every good citizen is asked to the end that this may not become necessary.

Done, this 19th day of November 1924

W.M. Fain, Mayor

B.W. Sipe, Clerk

From the front page of the Cherokee Scout, Murphy, N.C., Friday, November 21, 1924

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L.J. Hall Appointed Street Tax Collector, Nov. 21, 1924

Hall Appointed Street Tax Collector

L.J. Hall was at a recent meeting of the town council appointed street tax collector for the present year, and the receipt and summons books were turned over to him the first of this week.

All person between the ages of 21 and 45 years are required to pay street taxes or to work the equivalent on the streets of the town of Murphy. The tax is $6 a year.

From the front page of the Cherokee Scout, Murphy, N.C., Friday, November 21, 1924

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Pat Cearley Buys General Store, Nov. 21, 1924

Pat Cearley Buys Townson General Store

Mr. Pat Cearley recently purchased the general store of the Murphy Coal and Ice Company, beyond the Hiawassee River, and the tie contract of the same company. Mr. Cearley has enlarged the stock of goods and is giving the business his whole attention. He will continue to buy crossties.

From the front page of the Cherokee Scout, Murphy, N.C., Friday, November 21, 1924

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Minstrel Show Nov. 22, 1924, to Benefit Hayesville High School

Minstrel to be Given at Hayesville Nov. 22

A very humorous and thrilling entertainment is to be given at the Hayesville High School auditorium Saturday evening, November 22nd.

This entertainment, in the form of a negro minstrel, is being very carefully planned and will be rendered by the students of the Hayesville High School. The proceeds will be used for additions to the library and for athletic equipment. Mrs. W.R. Anderson and Miss Madelaine Pinson are the directors of the performance. The program, for which a small admission will be charged, will begin at 7:30 o’clock.

From the front page of the Cherokee Scout, Murphy, N.C., Friday, November 21, 1924

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Golden Rule Department Store Opening, Nov. 21, 1924

Department Store to be Opened in Near Future

The Golden Rule Store is the name of the new department store that is to open its doors in the Grant building adjoining the Murphy Bakery and the Davidson and Carringer Grocery. The building is now being remodeled and painted, and the window display space and shelving put in order. The store will probably open its doors before the first of December.

G.R. and J.D. Rowan are the proprietors of this new business house. They have been in the goods business a long time, having come here from Black Mountain, N.C. The new store will feature ladies’ ready-to-wear, although a full line of men’s clothing, shoes, etc., will be in the stock.

From the front page of the Cherokee Scout, Murphy, N.C., Friday, November 21, 1924

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Local and Personal Items in Cherokee Scout, Nov. 21, 1924

Local and Personal

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Moody have returned from their wedding trip and are at home on Peachtree St.

Mr. Cecil Grice spent the week-end in Andrews.

Mr. and Mrs. William Butt and children have been visiting Mrs. Butt’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.A. Fain.

Mrs. J.O. McCurdy remains the guest of her daughter in Augusta.

Miss Florence Lovingood, Mrs. Chas. Stedman and Mr. L.C. Michell will spend Thanksgiving in Hot Springs, N.C.

Miss Elizabeth Ford, who is attending Cullowhee Noral School, has been visiting her mother, Mrs. John Hastings.

Mrs. Allie Bell had the misinformation of falling and severing a vein in her foot last Friday.

Mrs. Giles Cover and little daughter, Eleanor, of Andrews, visited home folks last week.

Prof and Mrs. J.D. Watts are at home to their friends at the residence of Mrs. A.M. Brittain in East Murphy.

An interesting meeting of last week was the meeting of the Woman’s Club at the Library Wednesday afternoon.

After a pleasant visit with her aunt, Miss Elizabeth Wilcox has returned to her home in Washington, D.C.

Mr. A.S. Clark of Copperhill spent he week-end with his family at the Dickey Hotel.

Mr. A.C. Richmond has returned from a trip to the eastern markets.

Mr. Mark King, a prominent business man of Copperhill, was in town last week.

Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Dickey and H.C. Jr., Mr. and Mrs. J.N. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. O.K. Lyle and Mrs. Jessie Wofford motored from Copperhill Sunday and had dinner at the Dickey Hotel.

Mrs. Thalma Jackson was in town Saturday. Mrs. Jackson is the efficient postmistress at Marble.

Miss Ella McCombs, who is teaching in the Andrews High School, spent the week-end at home.

The Ladies of Circle No. 4 of the Methodist Missionary Society will sell candies, cakes and chicken salad on Saturday afternoon, November 22, at their window in the Brittain Hardware Store. Welcome all.

Mr. Mark Carringer has been suffering with an infected foot.

Mr. and Mrs. O’Kelly Myers and children and Mr. James Ferguson enjoyed an outing Sunday at the Mission farm.

Mrs. Jno. E. Posey is recovering from a severe attack of pleurisy.

Mrs. R.E. Barclay of Copperhill will arrive today for a visit with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J.W. Thompson.

Last Tuesday evening at her home in East Murphy, Miss Nannie Dickson complimented Mrs. J.W. Watts with a shower and bridge party. At the conclusion of the game and the presentation of the gifts, delicious refreshments, consisting of a salad and ice course, were served. Those present were: Misses Martha Candler, Elizabeth Brittain, Katheryn Thompson, Lin Albright, Eva Nell Mauney, Mary Smith, Mesdames A.M. Brittain, J.W. Thompson, J.W. Watts, B.Y. Dixon, Messrs. Richards, James Ferguson, J.W. Watts and Ed. Studstill.

Miss Mary Tatham and Mess McGuire have been visiting the former’s sister, Mrs. Luther Ellis.

Mr. W.S. Cover of Andrews spent Wednesday in town.

Dr. J.F. Abernathy is remodeling is residence on Church Street.

Mrs. Harry Hastings, who is taking treatment in a hospital in Atlanta, is not improving as her many friends had hoped.

Mrs. Brian Hall is occupying rooms in the Phillips home.

Mrs. Nell Sneed (?) will spend the holidays with her parents in Washington, Ga.

Miss Edith Whitcomb, Mr. John G. Whitcomb, and Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Hue (Hoe?) and little son, of Harlan, Ky., have been guests of Mrs. A.B. Dickey this week.

Mrs. A.J. Martin is visiting home folks.

There will be a box supper at the new school building on Shoal Creek on Thanksgiving night. The proceeds will be used for the benefit of the school.

Mr. B.R. Carroll is spending the week-end in Asheville on business.

Mr. H.H. Ellis attended the livestock ?? in Asheville last week. Mrs. Ellis was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Rariden at Swannanoa during Mrs. Ellis’ stay in Asheville.

The members of their congregations and a number of their friends in the community “pounded” the Baptist and Methodist ministers the latter part of the week with many articles of food and staple groceries of various kinds.

Miss Elizabeth Ford, a student of the Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School, spent the week-end here with relatives.

Misses Kathryn Thompson and Nannie Dickson spent the week-end in Atlanta.

Mr. and Mrs. Don Witherspoon were Hayesville visitors Monday afternoon.

The members of the Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church enjoyed a delightful picnic outing at Cool Springs last Saturday afternoon.

Superintendent J.F. Gaffney of the Southern Railway was here this weekend.

Mr. A.B. Dickey was a business visitor to Douglas, Ga., this week.

From the front page of the Cherokee Scout, Murphy, N.C., Friday, November 21, 1924

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News from Birch in Cherokee Scout, Nov. 21, 1924

Birch

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Payne spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. A.W. Green.

Mr. O.C. Payne and Mr. O.P. McClure motored to Andrews Sunday.

Mr. Clifford Hall of Gastonia is visiting homefolks for a few days.

Mr. Corf and Pierson Campbell left Monday for Tapoen, N.C.

The Birch Creek Debating Society is progressing nicely. Everybody is invited to come.

Mr. Mark Simmonds of Copperhill visited Fred Beaver Sunday.

Mr. Jeter Justic preached a very fine sermon at Beech Creek Friday night.

Mr. Andrew Barton was out motoring Sunday afternoon.

Mr. Poley Payne of Grandview has recently moved into our section.

Lee Sneed and will Baker are getting along fine with their logging(?) contract at Birch.

Mr. O.P. McClure was out opossum hunting Monday night and reported no luck.

From page 5 of the Cherokee Scout, Murphy, N.C., Friday, November 21, 1924

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Fred Johnson in Jail for Killing Willie Williams, Nov. 20, 1924

Killer Captured. . . Negro Who Cut Another One to Death Is in Jail

Fred Johnson, the negro man who killed another negro, Willie Williams, by cutting his jugular vein with a razor last Friday night, was captured by the police Monday morning on the Mangum farm in Durham county. He was tried before Mayor Roberson Tuesday, bound over to court, and taken to the jail in Hillsboro.

The killing took place on West Franklin street in front of one of the negro restaurants. When the police arrived Johnson had disappeared. Eye-witnesses told them what had happened.

When Johnson was captured Monday and brought to Chapel Hill, a great crowd of negroes gathered around the jail. The victim of the tragedy was well liked by the negroes of the town, while they feared and disliked Johnson.

From the front page of the Chapel Hill Weekly, Nov. 20, 1924

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R.P. Harris Reports on Marketing of Farm Products, Nov. 20, 1924

Gives Report on Marketing Plan. . . R.P. Harris Submits Statement with Figures to County Commissioners. . . Poultry Chief Product

A report on the marketing of farm products in October was made by R.P. Harris, agricultural teacher in the High school, to the county commissioner at their meeting in Hillsboro last week.

The amount of money taken in during the month, for the products collected by the cooperative truck on the six routes in Orange county, was $2,402.

Gas and oil for the truck cost $21.60. The fees collected from the farmers whose products were sold—small commissions of a cent a dozen on eggs and a proportionate sum for other things—came to $67.72.

The quantities collected and marketed during the month were: fruit, 46 bushels; eggs, 969 dozen; cured meats, 142 pounds; butter, 276 pounds; vegetables, 420 pounds; and poultry, 4,762 pounds.

The vegetables are listed in three divisions because of the different units of weight and measure employed in marketing them.

From the front page of the Chapel Hill Weekly, Nov. 20, 1924

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University Faculty Members Go 'Possum Hunting, Nov. 20, 1924

Faculty Group Hunts Possums. . . Journalism Department Beats School of Commerce in Keeping Its Feet. . . Miss Elliott in Brook

The school of commerce and the department of journalism joined in a ‘possum hunt in the woods east of town Saturday night. Claudius T. Murchison, acting dean of the school of commerce, was the host, but the real boss of the party was Duncan Snipes, the veteran negro hunter who brought along four hounds, a bag for the captives, and a profound knowledge of ‘possum-kind.

Besides Duncan and his dogs, there were six in the party: Mr. and Mrs. Murchison, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Johnson, T. Compton Packenham of the school of commerce faculty, and Miss Guelda Elliott, secretary for the school of commerce.

Fortunately Gerald Johnson had kept enough of his World War khaki uniforms to supply one to his wife; and the other two women were also handsomely fitted out with breeches.

It was noted, before the hunt had been in progress long, that the head of the department of journalism kept his footing much better in the rough woods than did the dean of the school of commerce. Mr. Murchison, although an experienced hunter, tripped again and again over boulders and fallen trees, sometimes going completely down, while Mr. Johnson strode confidently ahead without any such mishaps. This is attributed by his friends to the fact that he has had long experience with night work, and with threading his way through the desks and other obstacles that cluttered up the notoriously overcrowded offices which the Greensboro News occupied until recently.

The hunters started out in the pitch dark soon after 9 o’clock, an hour or more before the moon rose. They trod through the woods, and crossed and recrossed a brook without finding any sign of a ‘possum. But soon after the moon came up the hounds raised a terrific howl, circled around and around a tree, and jumped frantically toward the sky.

The ‘possum was descried on the topmost branch. Duncan ascended the tree, cut off the limb, and the ‘possum fell. The negro had given strict orders that two of the dogs be held tight. But human hands were not equal to the task, and all four pounced upon the prey. The ‘possum was rescued from them before they could dispatch him, and was stuffed into Duncan’s bag.

After midnight, as the weary party was marching homeward, another ‘possum was treed and met the same fate. Both the captives were taken home by the negro as her perquisites.

One of the incidents of the evening’s entertainment was a false step by Miss Guelda Elliott, followed by a plunge into the brook. Luckily the stream was shallow. Another experience that fell to her was being rolled down the hill because she was too conscientious in trying to hold in check one of the enthusiastic hounds.

From the front page of the Chapel Hill Weekly, Nov. 20, 1924

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What Happened to State's Tar and Pitch Industries? Nov. 20, 1924

Tar and Pitch Exhausted

Natural Resources, the bi-weekly publication of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey, tells how the tar, pitch, and turpentine industry of North Carolina faded away.

Shipments of naval stores from Wilmington amounted to 537,000 barrels in 1852. In 1920 they had fallen to 3,000 barrels. Forests of pine were slaughtered, and no replanting was done.

“So bountifully was the Coastal Plain provided with pine forests,” says Natural Resources, that for a century and a half the killing of pine trees went ahead in merry fashion, while the supplies of tar, pitch, turpentine, and rosin steadily increased. It looked as though Nature had provided in these forests a store of material so great as to defy the puny gathering of man to materially decrease.

“The long-leaf pine forests put up a brave fight, but the odds were too great. In addition to a method of turpentining which killed in three years, they were ravaged by fires. In addition to fires, lumbering operations frequently made clean sweeps of great areas. In addition to axe and fire, livestock was given free range in the denuded territory, with the result that seedlings that had escaped everything else furnished the tidbit for the voracious appetite of the razorback hog.

“As a result, the naval stores industry is gone, and of approximately 8,300,000 acres of pinelands in the Coastal Plane less than 3 million are in merchantable timber and more than 3,300,000 acres are not producing timber of any kind.

“As a further result of neglect and abuse so thorough as even to destroy the seed trees, at least half of the non-producing 3,300,000 acres are incapable of natural reproduction.

“It is this final result of methods exhibiting almost a genius for waste that is responsible for the waste lands, untimbered and untilled and a tax burden of increasing severity, that gave so much the appearance of a graveyard to vast areas of barrens in the eastern part of the State.”

From page 4 of the Chapel Hill Weekly, Nov. 20, 1924

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Houdini Appearing at University Nov. 21, 1924

Houdini Tomorrow Night

Houdini, the great magician, will appear in Memorial Hall tomorrow (Friday) night at 8:30. Following an exhibition of his own magic and a talk on the fakes of spiritualist mediums, he will answer questions from the audience. The admission charge is $1, and tickets may be obtained from the Y.M.C.A.

From the front page of the Chapel Hill Weekly, Nov. 20, 1924

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Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Alderman Visiting Her Sister, Nov. 20, 1924

Aldermans on Visit Here

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Alderman of Greensboro and their daughter Frances came to Chapel Hill Sunday for a few hours’ stay. They were accompanied by Mademoiselle Suzanne Stick, Mrs. Alderman’s sister, who came over from France a few weeks ago, and by Miss Marguerite Alderman. Frances Alderman is 3 ½ years old. When she was in Chapel Hill last spring it was chronicled that she spoke English and French alternately, with equal facility, but it appears that she has about given up French now. Her unwillingness to speak the language Sunday may have been due, however, to her not liking the queer sounds made by a Chapel Hillian who sought to address her in what he thought was French.

From the front page of the Chapel Hill Weekly, Thursday, Nov. 20, 1924

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G.M. Braune, University Dean, Doing Better, Nov. 20, 1924

G.M. Braune Back, Better

Gustave M. Braune, dean of the University’s school of engineering, got back from Alabama last week. He looks well and is 20 pounds heavier than when he went away. After being under the care of a specialist in Birmingham, he spent several days with his sister in Tuscaloosa.

From page 2 of the Chapel Hill Weekly, Thursday, Nov. 20, 1924

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Will Another Block of Main Street, Chapel Hill, Be Paved? Nov. 20, 1924

Main Street Paving. . . Considerable Speculation as to What Property Owners Want

Since there began to be talk of paving the main street between the post-office and Andrews corner, people have expressed curiosity as to the desires of the owner of the property along this block. Nobody has canvassed them all yet, to find out whether a majority favor the improvement.

Not only do the owners of 51 per cent of the footage have to join in a petition to the board of aldermen in order to have the work done, but a majority of the whole number of owners have be willing; that is, if the usual practice of assessing part of the cost upon the property is followed.

If the ownership of frontage alone decided it, there would be no question, because more than half the frontage on both sides is controlled by W.S. Roberson and the University, and both are known to favor the paving. But will 10 of the 18 owners sign the petition?

The owners, on both sides, are: Mrs. Tankersley, Chapel Hill Insurance and Realty Co., Robert L. Stroud, A.A. Kluttz, Clyde Eubanks, Bank of Chapel Hill, People’s Bank, L.D. Lloyd, E.P. Cates, W.B. Sorrell, J.T. Durham, Moody Durham, Mrs. S.M. Pickard, H.D. Leigh, S.J. Brockwell, University of North Carolina, Methodist church, and the A.B. Roberson estate.

Edward M. Knox, the town manager, has estimated that the cost of laying asphalt on both sides, from the central concrete strip of the state highway to each curb, would be $9,000. If the cost were divided in thirds—one third being borne by the town as whole, one third by the property owners on one side, and one third by the property owners on the other—here is the way it would work out:

Suppose that X owns 100 feet on one side and Y owns the 100 feet immediately opposite on the other side. According to the estimate, the total cost of the asphalt pavement along this distance would be $1,000. Each owner would then pay $333.33 and the town would pay $333.33. But the owner could pay in 10-year installments instead of all at once. Under the partial payment plan he would pay the first year, $33.33 plus interest on the balance, or $51.33 altogether. The next year he would pay another $33.33 and the interest on the balance would fall to $16; and so on, the interest payment diminishing by $2 each year.

The owner of 20 feet of frontage would pay a fifth as much; that is, 10 annual installments of $6.66 each; his interest payments would begin at $3.60 and diminish 40 cents each year.

All this is assuming a total of $9,000. The estimate and the exact cost for the hole block of $9,000 would of course not be exact.

From page 3 of the Chapel Hill Weekly, Nov. 20, 1924

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TB Christmas Seals Money Saved My Life, Says Dock Sparrow, Nov. 20, 1924

Saved by Seals. . . Dock Sparrow Writes of How He Was Helped to Get well

R.F.D., No. 1, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Editor of the Weekly:

I take this opportunity to express publicly my gratitude to the chairman and members of the Tuberculosis Christmas Seal Committee, and to the public who have so loyally supported the Christmas Seal sale each year. A year ago I did not know what Tuberculosis Christmas Seals meant but today I feel that I owe my life to them and to everybody who has contributed to the cause. I wish that everyone could see, and appreciate as I have, the effort that is being made to stamp out the disease.

In January of this year I was simply down and out, and I had about given up hope of being well again. The doctors had given me only a few months to live, unless I could have sanatorium treatment. This was impossible unless I got financial help, as I had been unable to work for some time and had nothing saved up.

I was about in despair when a friend suggested that I apply to the local Tuberculosis Christmas Seal fund, which I did, as I was willing to do anything which gave hope of life. The committee investigated and authorized money to pay for six months’ treatment at a sanatorium. I arrived there January 28 and began to improve at once.

At the end of six months the chairman of the local committee wrote to the superintendent to ask if I was sufficiently improved to return home. He replied that while I was much improved, two more months more of treatment was advisable. The money was authorized by the committee for the longer stay.

I went to the sanatorium weighing 124 pounds. I returned weighing 160 pounds and feel and look like a new man. I cannot praise enough the great work that is being accomplished through the sale of Tuberculosis Christmas seals. Nor can I show my appreciation to the people who have made it possible for me to obtain a new lease on life.

Gratefully,

Dock Sparrow

From page 6 of the Chapel Hill Weekly, Nov. 20, 1924

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Chapel Hill Neighborhood Notes, Nov. 20, 1924

Neighborhood Notes

Miss Frances Venable returned Friday from Charlottesville, Virginia, where she had attended the dances.

Mrs. Archibald Henderson left Monday night for Salisbury to spend a week with her daughter, Mrs. Claude Ramsay.

The University Glee Club left today with Theodore Fitch to sing before the music teachers’ convention now in session in Winston-Salem. They will return to Chapel Hill on Friday.

Mrs. C.W. Bain returned Monday after an absence of several weeks in Petersburg, Virginia, at the home of her sister.

Miss Jane Toy came [home?] from Watts Hospital Sunday.

Mr. Zimmerman’s mother and father are here on a visit.

Mr. Talmadge of Shorter College, Georgia, spent Monday in Chapel Hill as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Johnson. He was on his way to attend the convention of music directors in Winston-Salem.

H.F. Comer spent a day or two in Spartanburg this week.

Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Patterson spent Saturday and Sunday in Greensboro.

A.S. Wheeler’s mother and cousin have arrived from Washington to spend the winter here.

From page 5 of the Chapel Hill Weekly, Nov. 20, 1924

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Oscar Hogan, 69, Lifelong Orange Church Resident, Died Nov. 13, 1924

Oscar Hogan Dies

Oscar Hogan died at his home near Orange Church, north of Chapel Hill, last Thursday, at the age of 69. He had been in feeble condition ever since he suffered a stroke about a year ago.

The funeral took place at the church where he had been a lifetime member. Rev. B.J. Howard, in conducting the rites, was assisted by Rev. Charles E. Maddry, a native of the neighborhood, who now lives in Raleigh.

Mr. Hogan was born and spent his whole life in the Orange Church section. He was known all over the county and was highly respected. He is survived by his wife and six children: Willie, Poydrus, Lonnie, Charlie, Lily, and Mattie. One brother, Will Hogan, lived in Tennessee, and another, Dave Hogan in Washington. Among those who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Gattis of Hillsboro, their son, Samuel Jr., and Mrs. Jack Roach of Hillsboro.

From page 7 of the Chapel Hill Weekly, Nov. 20, 1924

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Samuel Strain, Now Successful Lumberton Farmer, Visits Old Home, Nov. 20, 1924

Strain Visits Old Home

Samuel Strain, who used to live here, came back the other day to visit his siter, Mrs. Rogers, and other relatives. He moved to Lumberton about 16 years ago and is a prosperous farmer near that town. He is remembered pleasantly in chapel Hill by many of his former schoolmates.

From page 7 of the Chapel Hill Weekly, Nov. 20, 1924

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"Trice Field" and the Mrs. D.W. Durham Home Place Being Auctioned Off, Nov. 22, 1924

Auction Sales Saturday

Two pieces of land on the road from Chapel Hill to Carrboro, where the two towns meet, will be sold at auction at 1 o’clock Saturday by J. Franklin Barfield of the Durham Auction Company. One of them is the O.D. Neville land, known as “Trice Field,” and the other is the Mrs. D.W. Durham home place. The latter property includes a nine-room house.

Twenty-five hams are to be given away—“absolutely free,” as the announcement reads; and there is to be a free band concert. Mr. Barfield says he is offering the land on very easy terms.

From page 5 of the Chapel Hill Weekly, Nov. 20, 1924

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Mrs. Wilkie Searching for Missing Collie Named 'Dixie' Nov. 20, 1924

Dog Lost

Reward for information leading to recovery of female collie pup named “Dixie.” Four months old, tan and white. Disappeared early Monday. Notify Mrs. E.C. Wilkie, Chapel Hill.

From page 5 of the Chapel Hill Weekly, Nov. 20, 1924

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Tobacco Sales Booming at Winstead Warehouse, Nov. 19, 1924

Tobacco Booming at the Winstead

Last Monday the Winstead Warehouse averaged $32 for everything sold on the floor, including green tips, scraps, etc. The farmers were happy, we were happy and everybody was happy. The following are a few of the high averages made:

O.H. Hamlet averaged $45;

F.L. Ashley averaged $46.25;

Carver & Long averaged $44;

H. Parker averaged $44;

Murat Lunsford averaged $46.25;

Floyd Parker averaged $44;

Charlie Norris averaged $50;

Rogers & Co. averaged $44;

Satterfield & Russell averaged $50;

Rogers & E. averaged $50;

Edgar Walker averaged $45;

J.J. Rogers averaged $54.50;

Coy Lunsford averaged $49.50; and

Well, we could fill up The Courier with others who made great big averages.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, Nov. 19, 1924

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Roxboro Sees Beautiful First Snow Nov. 17, 1924

The Beautiful Snow

This section was visited by the first snow of the season on Monday night. It suddenly turned very cold on Monday evening, but no one was looking for snow. November 17th is pretty early for snow in this section.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, Nov. 19, 1924

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Revolutionary Cotton Gin Demonstrated, Nov. 19, 1924

Business Men and Farmers See Feat of Cotton Ginning

Twenty or more farmers and business men of this town and community witnessed a feat of cotton ginning at the ginnery of G.W. Thomas, which probably means so much to the development of the cotton growing industry in this county, as the invention of the cotton gin meant to the South as a whole. J.R. Lummus, who lives a few miles from Roxboro, brought in a load of cotton weighing 1,270 pounds, which had been pulled burr and all instead of being picked clean in the fields. With Mr. Thomas’s up-to-date plant, including the new boll-breaker and cleaner attachments, this load of bolly cotton netted a bale weighing 318 pounds, which sold on the local market at 20 cents.

The work was done under the direction of Joe T. Banks, experimenter and boll ginning expert from Texas. The farmers who witnessed this novel process were enthusiastic about it, for it was a clear demonstration that every boll of the late local crop that has cotton in it can be saved.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, Nov. 19, 1924

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B.S. Winstead's Success, Other Farm News, Nov. 19, 1924

Good Farming

Mr. B.S. Winstead is what we call a good farmer. From one bushel of clover seed he mowed 28 loads of hay and fed 5 head of horses off of it all summer. He has sold 9 curings of tobacco, which he has sold for over $2,500. Ben, who is working for the Independent Warehouse, South Boston, Va., says he sold this with that house, and if you have some tobacco just as good, he will do as well for you.

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Leslie Pittman, Albert Watson and Irvin Rosser, club boys of Lee County, coached by farm agent E.O. McMahon, won first prize in the plant identification and seed judging contest held during the State Fair.

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Three carloads of the cheap explosive offered farmers through the State College Extension division have been ordered and delivered to Alamance County farmers by County Agent W. Kerr Scott. Many fields in the county have been nut(?) in shape so that all kinds of machinery may be successfully used.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, Nov. 19, 1924

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Woman's Club of Bethel Hill Met Nov. 14, 1924

Woman’s Club of Bethel Hill

The Woman’s Club of Bethel Hill held their regular meeting on Friday, p.m., Nov. 14th. The following members were present: Mesdames J.H. Merritt, R.P. Brooks, B.E. Mitchell, Leslie Hall, R.D. Bailey, Lillian Day, W.R. Hayes, Will Humphries, Wingate Rodgers, W.A. Woody, P.H. Fontain, George Smith and G.E. Woody.

Mrs. Hays, the leader of the day, had as her subject “Famous Women Writers of England.” Several interesting papers were read by different members of the club. Next came a lively discussion about making some playgrounds, with modern equipment, for the children of the grades, also for aiding the athletics of the High School. Having finished all business, the social part of the program was taken in charge by Mesdames P.H. Fontain, Will Humphries and Wingate Rodgers, who served dainty refreshments. Fragrant narcissus added beauty and cheer to the lovely course.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, Nov. 19, 1924

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Notes from White School Teachers' Meeting, Nov. 19, 1924

School Notes

A goodly number, about three-fourths of the 84 white teachers in the county, were present at the Teachers’ Meeting last Saturday. Dr. J.Y. Joyner, who for 17 years was State Superintendent of schools, was with us and said a few words of encouragement. He was suffering from a severe cold, but could not withstand an invitation to look upon such a fine body of teachers, he said.

In accordance with the usual custom, it was suggested that the schools have holiday both Thursday and Friday of Thanksgiving week. Some, however, wish to teach Friday and Saturday and make up the lost days. All who wish to do this can if it is agreeable with the patrons. Some parents like to have their children at home occasionally for two work days in succession.

A few teachers have failed to fill out their information blank in detail—something is left out. Please attend to this at once. Alos, if you desire your record to to into Raleigh with the name of your last certificate, but that certificate has not been sent you yet, please send me your name so that they can look it up in Raleigh and put in on the State Rating as it should be. If attention is not called to this, your old rating will be put down and you will be paid accordingly Some teachers from other states have not received their certificates. Will you please notify me, giving your name and address and the schools you have attended, your credits, etc.

I wish to mail the November Budget next week and it must be complete in detail.

Instead of mailing you direct the Education Week Material, it has all been sent to me, and I have just received it. Teachers can get this material from the office and observe these days later.

--Mrs. J.A. Beam

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, Nov. 19, 1924

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Thanksgiving Services Announced by Rev. Coggins, Nov. 19, 1924

Announcement for Ephesus—Clement Field

The next two Sundays include Thanksgiving day. They include the interest of each one of us and our appreciation of the Orphanage. Love is the quality of the heart. Love is the link that binds us to God, who is love. Love is the link that binds us to the heart of the child. The link which binds the Son of God to the children of men.

Services at Sempora Sunday morning at 11 and 7 p.m. Praise service Thursday morning, Nov. 27th, at 8 a.m.

Thanksgiving service at Lamberth Memorial Thursday morning, the 27th, at 10 a.m.

Sunday morning, Nov. 30th, special service at Clement at 11 a.m.

We are anxious that every one may gratefully sing, “He included me.”

--L.V. Coggins, Pastor

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, Nov. 19, 1924

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T.H. Street's Farm Land Sold for $50,000, Nov. 19, 1924

Farm Land Sells for $200 an Acre

Who says farm land is not worth anything? Last Thursday when the T.H. Street farm lands were sold, one tract brought $200 per acre. Of course, it was a small tract, but nevertheless it brought $200 an acre. The entire farm brought nearly $50,000, and the heirs were well pleased with the sale. This sale was conducted by the Atlantic Coast Realty Co., and there is no doubt about their knowing their business.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, Nov. 19, 1924

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Palace Barber Shop Has Moved, Nov. 19, 1924

Palace Barber Shop

I wish to announce to my friends and the public generally that I have moved. I am now located in the Palace Theatre building, in the basement, where I am better prepared than ever to serve you. Everything is spick and span, sanitary to the minute, with the most complete bath arrangements in town. Best barbers money will employ.

Come to see me.

-- J.R. Doares, Proprietor.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, Nov. 19, 1924

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Shenandoah Life Insurance Office Opens in Roxboro, Nov. 19, 1924

Mr. Daniels Opens Office Here

Mr. A.P. Daniel, who is district agent for the Shenandoah Life Insurance Co., has moved to Roxboro and opened an office over Mr. G.W. Thomas’ Hardware Store. Mr. Daniel led his Company in business during the month of October and is making a fine record in the insurance business.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, Nov. 19, 1924. Headline spelled last name as “Daniels” and story spelled it “Daniel.”

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Church Bazaar to be Held Nov. 22, 1924, at Old Candy Kitchin Stand

Important

The ladies of Concord church will hold their bazaar Saturday, Nov. 22, at the old Candy Kitchin stand, next to Pass’ furniture store instead of Jackson’s garage, as announced before.

The bazaar will be open from 10:30 to 11 o’clock for inspection of articles, the sale beginning at 11 o’clock.

A special turkey dinner will be served, also a salad course, pie and coffee. Come in and get your Thanksgiving dinner ahead of time.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, Nov. 19, 1924

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Thanksgiving Service at Lamberth Memorial Church, Nov. 19, 1924

Thanksgiving Service at Lamberth Memorial

Thanksgiving will be observed by the members of Lamberth Memorial Church on Thanksgiving day with services at 10 o’clock. Everybody is invited to attend this service, and especially asked to bring a thanks offering of not less than $1. This is a small group of Christian men and women, and they have built a church which is a credit to the County. They have sacrificed largely themselves and now they are asking friends and the public generally to help them pay off the debt on the building. Attend this service and take your dollar, but if it is so that you can not attend, then send the dollar anyway.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, Nov. 19, 1924

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Bradsher-Crowell Wedding at First Presbyterian Church, Nov. 19, 1924

Bradsher-Crowell

Mr. A.L. Bradsher, prominent tobacconist of Roxboro, and Miss Mannetta Crowell of Statesville were quietly married last evening at 6 o’clock in the main auditorium of the First Presbyterian church by Dr. David H. Scanlon, pastor. The ceremony was witnessed by only a few friends of the young couple. Mr. and Mrs. Bradsher will make their home in Kinston, where Mr. Bradsher is connected with the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco company. Mrs. Bradsher was a teacher in Greensboro before her marriage. –Greensboro News

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, Nov. 19, 1924

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Miss Clayton Bride of Mr. Rogers on Nov. 19, 1924

Clayton-Rogers

Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Clayton wish to announce the marriage of their daughter, Sallie Blanche to Mr. William Clarence Rogers on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 1924.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, Nov. 19, 1924

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Joe Buch of Rt. 5 Has Nicest Fall-Grown Potatoes, Nov. 19, 1924

An Honor Subscriber

Mr. Joe Buch of route 5 has been a regular subscriber for this paper for more than 35 years, and when he came in for renewal last Thursday he brought us about a peck of the smoothest, nicest fall-grown potatoes we have seen. He said he just dug 35 bushels of them.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, Nov. 19, 1924

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E.D. Cheek & Company for Undertaking Needs, Nov. 19, 1924

Undertaking

Death, sooner or later, visits every home, and when you are called upon to put away some loved one we want to say that we are better prepared in every way than ever before to serve you. Our service is equal to the best, and our prices in this line are very, very moderate. We invite you to see our line of coffins, caskets, burial robes, etc., before deciding.

--E.D. Cheek & co.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, Nov. 19, 1924

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Millie Sanders Critically Wounded When Struck by Car, Nov. 18, 1924

Colored Woman Hurt by Auto Saturday Night

Millie Sanders, colored, is in the Smithfield Memorial Hospital critically ill as the result of an automobile accident which occurred on the streets here Saturday night. About 7 o’clock, as Mr. Raymond Stephenson was driving toward the station, the colored woman stepped out from behind a car which he was passing, and was run over. Mr. Stephenson was driving slowly and the accident was said to be unavoidable.

The woman was carried to the hospital, where it was found that her skull was fractured. At last report she was still unconscious.

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From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 1924

Gracey Harris, 8 Months Old, Burned to Death, Nov. 18, 1924

Eight Months Old Baby Is BurnedEight Months Old Baby Is Burned

Gracey Harris, 8-months-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Ivy Harris of O’Neal township, near Atkinson’s Mill, was fatally burned Tuesday morning.

The child was in a room alone with an open fire and in some manner unknown, its clothing caught fire. With her clothes blazing furiously, the little girl crawled to the door where she was found and the fire extinguished. Dr. George Vick of Selma was called, but the baby died before he reached the home. –The Johnstonian.

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From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 1924

Bulldog Discourages Prisoner Trying to Escape, Nov. 18, 1924

Prisoner Tries to Make Escape. . . Fleeing Man Is Deterred by Attacking Bulldog and Officers Nab Him. . . Now Out on Bail

A prisoner, deputy sheriff, a bill dog, spectators—these furnished a thrilling moment on Friday afternoon when Pete Hockaday, a prisoner in the sheriff’s office jumped through a window, Deputy Sheriff Wellons catching at him as he made his escape, and a bulldog in the back lot of Mr. John Coates hitting the fleeing defendant in the presence of rapidly assembling spectators. The facts are that Pete Hockaday, charged with carrying a pistol and Coy Keen, Julius Stanley, charged with selling stolen tobacco on the Smithfield market, and Billap Barbour charged with having skipped bond in a previous case, were sojourning in the sheriff’s office. Mr. Wellons was the only officer on duty for a few minutes and Hockaday, seeing a chance to make his escape, jumped from the window to the paved driveway, dashing down Second street and into the yard of Mr. John Coates. A big bulldog belonging to Mr. R.S. Smith caused him to decide to leap another fence into the garden at the rear of Mrs. Alice Cole’s residence, and the officers then took him in charge. Hockaday is now out under a $500 bond for his appearance in court, but the other three are lodged in jail here.

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From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 1924

Blanche Fladoes Presenting Gold Medal Flour Cooking School, Nov. 24-25, 1924

Cooking School to be Conducted Here Next Week. . . Miss Fladoes Courses Under Auspices Woman’s Club; All Ladies and Girls Invited. . . Will Be Held at School

Women of Smithfield and Johnston county are invited to attend the Gold Medal Cooking School which is to be held in the auditorium of the Smithfield High School Nov. 24-26. This school will be conducted by Miss Karen Fladoes of the Gold Medal Service Department of Washburn Crosby Company, millers of Gold Medal Flour. The classes will begin at 3 o’clock each afternoon. There will be no admission charged, and it is hoped that the women of the towns and surrounding country will attend this school.

The Gold Medal Cooking schools are famous in home economics circles for the quality of instruction given them as well as the interest they arouse in all communities. This is the same school which was recently put on in Raleigh under the auspices of The News & Observer. In the school to be held in Smithfield, the subjects to be dealt with included unusual desserts, salads, cakes, icing, teas and party suggestions.

Miss Fladoes, who will personally direct the school, is a graduate of Stout Institute and has had post-graduate work at Columbia University, majoring in Home Economics in in both colleges. For several years she has been engaged in conducting schools and giving lecturers and demonstrations in the Middle West. She has a thorough knowledge of her subject and a charming personality as well, which makes her a host of friends in every city she conducts these classes.

All of the work will be of an extremely practical nature. At the Gold Medal schools nothing is done or demonstrated which the average woman could not carry out in her own home. Throughout, Miss Fladoes emphasized the need of efficiency in the kitchen as much as in the factory or office, and the fact that there are right and wrong ways of doing things and that the right is always much easier. Recipes covering the preparation of the dishes demonstrated as well as many others will be given away at each class.

The women of the community are invited not only to attend these schools but to bring their questions and culinary problems to Miss Fladoes. After each class she conducts an informal session during which delights in meeting her audience personally and talking over their household worries with them.

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From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 1924

Dean of Home Economics Addresses Kenly Woman's Club, Nov. 18, 1924

Miss Shaffer Addresses Kenly Woman’s Club

Kenly, Nov. 14—This afternoon at the Baptist church Miss Blanche Shaffer, dean of the home economics department of North Carolina College for Women, delighted the members of the Woman’s Club with a most helpful address on “Nutrition, of Food in its Relation to Health.” Among other things, she stated that practically two-thirds of our illnesses are caused by improper food; that colds are unnecessary if one has a well-balanced diet and takes the proper care of the body. She discussed the value of protein, minerals and vitamins in the diet, and listed foods in which these are found. She emphasized the necessity of milk, fruits and vegetables and gave suggestions for making menus. These included children and school lunches.

Earlier in the afternoon she addressed the girls of the high school on the different phases of homemaking: food, clothing and shelter. Under the subject of clothing she stated that according to a test given the college girls, it had been found that those who had taken home economics were able to dress better on less money than those who had not had the advantage of this course.

Miss Shaffer was secured through the efforts of Miss Debbie Bailey, and came under the auspices of the home economics department of the Woman’s Club, Mrs. L.C. Wilkinson, chairman.

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From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 1924

Entre Nous Club Entertains Benson High School Faculty, Nov. 18, 1924

Entre Nous Club Entertains

Benson, Nov. 13—The Entre Nous Club entertained at a beautiful Tea Monday evening from 8 until 9 o’clock at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Parlia Hudson on Main street in honor of the faculty of the Benson high school. Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Cannady greeted the guests at the door. Mrs. J.W. Parrish introduced the guests to the receiving line which was formed in the living room. In the receiving line the officers of the club and their husbands: Mr. and Mrs. Parlia Hudson, Dr. and Mrs. W.T. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Turlington, Mr. and Mrs. P.H. Starling and the faculty of the Benson school.

The receiving line was decorated with yellow and white chrysanthemums, yellow roses and yellow candles. Receiving at the punch bowl were: Dr. and Mrs. S.P.J. Lee. Serving punch were: Mrs. C.C. Wheeler and Mrs. J.F. Woodall. Receiving at the dining room were: Mr. and Mrs. G.E. Parker Jr. Serving the ice courses were: Mr. and Mrs. T.H. Flowers and Mrs. R.L. Bryant. The table was covered with a beautiful cloth and a silver basket with yellow chrysanthemums formed the centerpiece. There were yellow candles in silver holders. The house was lovely with its Hallowe’en decorations, autumn flowers and candles. The Hallowe’en colors were carried out in the ice courses.

There were 98 invited guests.

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From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 1924

Eager Workers in Community Club at Smith's School, Nov. 18, 1924

Community Club Is Started at Smith’s School

Friday night the people of Smith’s school section took a step forward when they organized a community club which includes men, women, boys and girls. A large crowd gathered at the school house and Miss Emily Smith was chairman of the meeting. She turned the first few minutes of the program over to the teachers who called on some of the boys and girls for songs and recitations. Miss Minnie Lee garrison, County Home Agent, then took charge, and officers of the club were elected. Mrs. Marshall Lassiter was chosen president; Mr. Walter Hobbs, vice-president; Miss Emily Smith, secretary-treasurer. The teachers of the school, Misses Thelma Flowers and Lucy Johnson, were named as additional members of the executive committee.

A program of work will e outlined at an early date and it is the purpose to have two meetings a month. There will be one general meeting at which matters pertaining to the community will be discussed and one meeting a month planned with the teachers of the school to talk particularly of school affairs. At present, interest centers around the school and already some very good work has been done. Before the opening of school, patrons and friends met and cleaned thoroughly the school building and the grounds. Plans are underway to finish ceiling the school house and to paint it. At the meeting Friday night $42.50 was raised toward painting the building. The county is cooperating in making the needed improvements. After the business was disposed of Friday night a number of contests and stunts were engaged in, and the occasion took a social term. String music added to the enjoyment of the evening.

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From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 1924

Wilson's Mills News, Nov. 18, 1924

Wilson’s Mills News

Wilson’s Mills, Nov. 12—Miss Maggie Parrish of Selma spent the week end here. Misses Elizabeth and Lucy Queen Uzzle of Princeton were visitors here on Saturday and Sunday.

Messrs. G.C. Uzzle, Jim Uzzle and G.C. Uzzle Jr. spent several days in Rockingham last week.

Mr. Si Bailey of Dunn was a guest of relatives here on Sunday.

Rev. Mr. Lamb of Wake Forest filled his appointment at the Baptist church on Sunday.

Friends and relatives of Mr. J.T. Holt, who is in Rex Hospital, Raleigh, are pleased to note his improvement and recovery.

Mr. C.R. Tomlinson, who has been ill at home here, is better.

Those who have been attending the recent plays in Raleigh are Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Uzzle, Misses Sallie Wilson, Evelyn Wilson, Margaret Keeshler, Janie Barnes, Messrs. D.O. Uzzle and Jim Uzzle.

Mrs. G.C. Uzzle entertained the Christian Woman’s Board of Missions, an organization of the Christian church, at her home on last Tuesday afternoon. A splendid program conducted by Mrs. S.L. Barbour, president, was observed. Mrs. Uzzle served cake and an attractive and delicious gelatine topped with cream.

Miss Evelyn Wilson recently entertained at a Saturday afternoon Bridge party in honor of the faculty of the Wilson’s Mills school. Chicken salad, hot coffee, mints and almonds were served.

Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Gurley spent the past week end in Princeton.

At the school auditorium on Saturday evening of this week, the Lyceum Bureau will present The Old Colony Male Trio. The program, the second of the season, promises to be the best of the year. Throw aside the worry of low prices; come out and for once get more than your money’s worth. You will not regret it.

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From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 1924

Rev. D.H. Tuttle's Report of Work, Centenary Methodist Church, Nov. 18, 1924

Report of Work Done by Rev. D.H. Tuttle

The following is a partial report of the work done during the past year by Rev. D.H. Tuttle, pastor of Centenary Methodist church. A full report of his year’s work will be given in a later issue of this paper.

Number of sermons, 159; prayer meetings, 43; visits, 910; home prayers, 473; funerals, 21, marriages, 26; bibles, 49; bible portions, 615; testaments and Psalms, 82; tracts, 5,832; religious books, 1,632; religious papers and magazines, 1,165; added on professions of faith, 22; by certificate, 24; adults baptized, 13; infants, 4; lost by death, 4; by certificate, 15; present membership, 521; 270 added in four years.

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From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 1924

Arrival of Fayetteville Firemen Saves Parkton, Nov. 17, 1924

Town of Parkton Has Destructive Fire in Business Section Early This Morning. . . Entire Town Was Threatened with Destruction. . . Town Saved by Fire Truck from Fayetteville. . . Firemen From 17 Miles Away Arrived 22 Minutes After Alarm Was Phoned—In Heart of Business Section—Several Firms and Individuals Sustained Losses

Fire at Parkton early this morning destroyed brick store buildings and damaged considerable merchandise. The entire town was threatened with destruction, considerable wind blowing at the time, and was saved only by the timely arrival of a fire truck from Fayetteville 22 minutes after Mayor J.Q. Parnell ‘phoned to the fire department there.

Mayor Parnell was a Lumberton visitor about noon today and gave The Robesonian an account of the fire.

When the fire was discovered about 7:30 it had gained considerable headway in Hutson Bros. store, where it originated from a flue or from trash, fire having started in the stove in the rear of the building earlier, and the store closed. The building occupied by Hutson Bros. and the Fancy Grocery was a two-story brick building owned by Campbell & Thompson. It was completely destroyed, also practically all the goods of the merchants who occupied it.

This building was in the center of the business district and adjoining buildings caught fire, but owing to the effective work of the Fayetteville fire-fighters and the aid rendered by the Coast Line railway in hauling water, the fire was not allowed to spread to other buildings.

It is 17 miles from Fayetteville to Parkton and as the truck arrived in 22 minutes after the alarm was turned in some quick work was done. A purse of $100 was made up in Parkton for the firemen.

Others suffering damage to merchandise from water and incident to rough handling were: A.H. Perry, H.C. McMillan, L.E. Hughes, Parkton Grocery, W.G. Britt, H.T. Furmage, Grantham drug store, C.A. Bodenhamer & Co., and two barber shops.

Mayor Parnell suffered a bad quarter of an hour in contemplation of 31 bales of cotton he had exposed on the cotton platform with only $1,000 insurance, but the fire did not damage them.

The total damage was about $15,000, about half covered by insurance, according to Mr. T.W. Thompson of Parkton, one of the owners of the building that was burned, who is a Lumberton visitor this afternoon.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, November 17, 1924

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Hugh Stuart Shoots Wife, Then Himself, Nov. 17, 1924

Hugh Stuart Shoots Wife and Then Commits Suicide. . . Awful Tragedy Occurs at Home of Wife’s Mother Near Laurinburg—Calling for Help Over ‘Phone When Husband Fired—Had Refused to Return Home with Him on Account of Drunken Condition—Physicians Say Wife Will Not Recover. . . Member Prominent Family

By H.C. MacNair

By ‘Phone to The Robesonian:

Maxton, Nov. 17—Hugh Stuart is dead and his wife is at the point of death as the result of pistol shots fired by Stuart last night at 7:45 at the home of Mrs. Maggie Monroe, mother of Mrs. Stuart, 5 miles north of Laurinburg. Stuart died instantly and the physicians hold out no hope for his wife.

According to reports reaching here, Stuart, who was a young man of prominent family, went to the Monroe home in a drunken condition and tried to get his wife and two small children to return to his home, a few miles south of here, with him. Mrs. Stuart refused to go, Stuart began to make threats, and it was while his phone was standing at the telephone calling for help that he drew a pistol and fired at her, the load striking her a few inches above the heart. As she fell to the floor, he turned the gun on himself and fired, the ball entering his head.

Stuart was the son of Mr. D.M. Stuart, a prominent farmer who lives near Maxton. He had recently been associated with Maxton Motor Car company as auto salesman, and only a short time ago worked for Mr. W.R. Tyner, auto dealer of Lumberton and Lowe.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, November 17, 1924

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Bob Jones, Bizzell Locklear Charged with Assault; Bailor Jones in Serious Condition, Nov. 17, 1924

Indians Near Pembroke Fight with Razor and Gun. . . Bob Jones and Bizzell Locklear in Jail Charged with Assault with Deadly Weapon with Intent to Kill—Jones says Cut on Face Was done with Razor but Withholds Name of Man Who Did it—Bailor Jones Is in Serious Condition. . . Only One Shot Was Fired

Bob Jones and his son-in-law, Bizzell Locklear, Indians, are in jail here and Bailor Jones is in a serious condition at his home as the result of a shotting which occurred last night near the latter Locklear’s home two miles northwest of Pembroke. According to Sheriff R.E. Lewis, who with Deputy A.H. Prevatte and Rural Policeman R.C. Miller when to the scene, the shooting took place following a quarrel among the men, and Bob Jones claims that he was cut with a razor by one of the men in the row, but would not give the name of the man who did the cutting. He has an ugly gash on the side of his face. Both of the men in jail are charged with the shooting, but as far as could be learned only one shot was fired. A 16-gauge breech-loading shot gun was found in Bizzell Locklear’s bed, and 24 shells loaded with No. 6 shot were found in his overcoat near the bed. The shooting took place about 7 o’clock, but the officers were not notified until about 11.

When the officers arrived near the house in which Bob Jones and Bizzell Locklear and their wives were, they were told that it was very dangerous to go to the house. The officers went on and upon their arrival at the house the door was opened and the men surrendered without trouble. The men in jail are charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. The lead took effect in Balor Locklear’s thigh, practically the entire load of No. 6 shot taking effect.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, November 17, 1924

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Escapee Jesse Robinson Returned to State Penitentiary, Nov. 17, 1924

Escaped Convict Is Captured and Returned to Prison. . . Rural Policeman R.C. Miller Captured Jesse Robinson Near Bellamy—Serving an Indeterminate Sentence When He Escaped

Jesse Robinson, Indian, who escaped from the State penitentiary last June, was captured a few days ago near Bellamy, but Rural Policeman R.C. Miller, who took him to Raleigh Friday and turned him over to prison authorities.

Robinson was serving an indeterminate sentence of from 3 to 5 years for breaking into a house. He was tried and sentenced in Richmond county Superior court. He had served five months of his sentence when he escaped.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, November 17, 1924

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Dr. Baker Adding X-Ray Machine to Treat Cancer to Sanatorium, Nov. 17, 1924

Addition to Sanatorium and New X-Ray Machine Bought, Nov. 17, 1924

Dr. H.M. Baker has just completed an additional room on the northwest side of the sanatorium which bears his name and of which he is proprietor, this room being especially construction for installation of a new deep therapy X-ray machine, which has been purchased and which is expected to be installed soon.

The Baker sanatorium is one of the best-equipped institutions of the kind in the State. It already has, and has had for some years, an X-ray machine for taking photographs, but Dr. Baker sees the need for an additional machine of the type used for treating certain diseases, cancer being more successfully treated with a machine of this kind than with radium, with which the Baker sanatorium also is equipped, one of the few in the State so equipped.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, November 17, 1924

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Curb Market Giving Away a Turkey, Home Demonstration Club News, How to Cure Meat, Nov. 17, 1924

Home Demonstration Corner

By Martha Flax Andrews, Home Agent

One of the special features for the week just past has been arranging for a special Thanksgiving sale at the curb market on Saturday 22nd. We will have all kinds of cakes, chickens, pork of all kinds, turkeys and all the home produced “goodies” one could think about. We are going to give away once nice turkey free, and all the buyers will have a chance at this. So be on hand at the market building promptly at 9 a.m., see what we have, and maybe get the free turkey.

St. Paul Club

On Thursday afternoon the St. Paul club held a most interesting and successful meeting in the club room. Two of the women serve as hostesses at each meeting, and they have the club room all nice and clean with fresh flowers and are there to meet us with a smile. Then at the close of the meeting, they have charge of the social hour with refreshments and dainties.

The club is doing excellent work in landscape designs and all are carrying out their own plans which they have drawn. They are doing real home planting and not only are they working on their school grounds and churches, they expect to get all their grounds planted this season. The entire afternoon was spent in a most lively and beneficial meeting with individual plans.

Rowland Club

The Rowland club met on Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. C.H. Mcintyre. The program for another year was discussed in detail. New officers will be elected next meeting. We have a busy year ahead of us. This meeting was also devoted to individual drawings, selecting of plant material and other important steps in landscape design. These women will likely get into community planting also.

Meat Curing Recipe

I am giving below the recipe for curing of meat and if these instructions are followed the quality of homegrown meat will be greatly increased.

Kill the meat and allow to stand overnight. Then cut it up and use the following recipe:

To each 100 pounds of meat use

8 pounds of common salt

2 pounds of brown sugar

2 ounces of saltpetre

4 ounces of black pepper

1 ounce of red pepper

When the above ingredients have been thoroughly mixed, rub each piece of meat well with the mixture and pack in a clean box or barrel. After three days, take up the eat and repeat the rubbing, then repack and leave it until it is ready to be smoked.

Smoking

After the meat has been taken out of the cure, it should be washed in tepid water and allowed to drawn until thoroughly dry. Best results from smoking will be obtained by keeping a slow fire, made of corn cobs and green hickory or other hard wood. During the smoking the meat should be hung at least seven feet above the floor. In case adequate facilities are not available for causing this smoke, a prepared liquid smoke can be purchased that is very satisfactory. However, it will not keep skippers and flies away from the meats, as it is sometimes claimed.

Sacking the Meat

Unless the smokehouse has a cement floor and has all openings screened with fine wire mesh, the meat should be wrapped in paper and then put in bags as soon as the smoking is completed.

As an added precaution against skippers, after the meat is bagged the bags should e painted with the following mixture: To each 100 pounds:

300 pounds of bartyes (barium sulfate)

6 pounds of glue

8 pounds of chrome yellow (lead chromate)

40 pounds of flour

Mix the flour in a bucket containing 2 gallons of water. Dissolve the lead chromate in a separate vessel containing one quart of water. Then add this solution together with the glue to the flour and water mixture. Bring this solution to a boil and while boiling add the barium sulfate slowly, stirring constantly. When boiled to the right consistency the solution should be allowed to cool. Stir mixture frequently and paint on the outside of the meat bags with ordinary paint brush.

From page 2 of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, November 17, 1924

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Local News Briefs, The Robesonian, Monday, Nov. 17, 1924

Items of Local News

--Recorder-elect A.S. Thompson, who underwent an operation at the Thompson Hospital a few hours before the disastrous fire last Tuesday morning, was able to return to his home in Fairmont yesterday. His brother, Mr. C.B. Thompson, also of Fairmont, who underwent treatment at the Baker sanatorium for a few days, was also able to leave yesterday.

--Governor-elect A.W. McLean returned Friday from the Western part of the state, where he spent 10 days, visiting all the principal places of interest and places of natural beauty among the mountains. A picture appearing in yesterday’s News & Observer shows him with a number of friends viewing the wonderful scenery near Linville and Blowing Rock.

--Local fishermen and hunters seem to be having good luck during the fine weather. Several nice catches of fish were made last week and a local hunter brought in a deer.

--Little Miss Helen Marie and Master Justin McNeill spent the week-end in Parkton with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Williamson.

--Born to Mr. and Mrs. D.D. French Thursday afternoon, a girl.

--There will be a meeting of the Epworth League in Chestnut Street Methodist church tonight at 7:30.

--The condition of Mr. J.P. Townsend, who underwent an operation at the Baker sanatorium Saturday, is improving.

--The cottage prayer meeting for Caldwell and Water streets will be held Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O.O. Dukes.

--Mrs. S.M. Duncan of R. 3 from Lumberton was among the visitors in town Saturday and brought to The Robesonian office some fine turnips, which are appreciated.

--Among those from here attending some of the sessions of the Methodist conference in Wilmington last week were Mr. and Mrs. A.E. White, Messrs. Fred Gray, J.L. Stephens, K.M. Barnes, Ed Ranche and J.A. Sharpe.

--Fire Chief E.J. Glover received the following telegram Thursday from P.O. Herbert of Atlanta, Ga., manager of the Eureka Fire hose Co. and American LaFrance Fire Engine co.: “Regret big fire. Telegraph collect if we can serve you.”

--Mrs. M. McRae Faison and daughter, Miss Hilda, arrived last Wednesday from Roanoke Rapids. Mr. Faison, general manager of the State Land Development & Insurance company, arrived several weeks ago. They are living in the Lee dwelling on East Seventh street.

--License has been issued for the marriage of Miss Swannie Gardner to Mr. Alex Britt; Miss Bertha Mae Allen to Mr. Talmadge B. Clements; Miss Nannie Regan to Mr. John McVicker; Mrs. Lizzie J. Faircloth to Mr. W.E. Bailey; Mrs. Hettie Talton to Mr. Arthur West.

--Mr. Joe Sugar, a well-known merchant of St. Paul, had a narrow escape this morning when the left front wheel of his automobile ran off as he was coming to Lumberton. Fortunately Mr. Sugar escaped without injury and his automobile was not otherwise damaged.

--The condition of Mr. Dan Prevatte, who has been sick at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Haynes Prevatte Fourteenth and Pine, is somewhat improved. Mr. Prevatte had been conducting a business at Clarkton and was taken sick after exposure while fighting a fire that destroyed his building and its contents.

--Messrs. A.E. and J.E. bullock of Rocky Mount and Pittsburg, Pa., respectively, passed through here today en-route to Rocky Mount after spending some time in Proctorville with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Bullock. They were accompanied here by their wives, who will remain in Proctorville with Mr. and Mrs. Bullock for several weeks.

--Dr. R.C. Beaman, former pastor of Chestnut Street Methodist church, who was returned to Tarboro by Bishop Denny at the last conference which closed last night, arrived here this morning from Wilmington and is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F.P. Gray, Cedar and Sixth streets. He will spend several days here at the homes of old friends.

--Rev. T. McM. Grant, pastor of Chestnut Street Methodist church, and Rev. N.L. Seabolt, pastor of Lumberton circuit, returned this morning from Wilmington, where they attended the Methodist conference. As was desired and expected, each was returned to his charge here for the second year, this being the second year of the second term Mr. Seabolt has served Lumberton circuit.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, November 17, 1924

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St. Paul Doings Collected by Bessie Johnson, Nov. 17, 1924

St. Paul News

By Bessie G. Johnson

St. Paul, Nov. 14—Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Howard are receiving the congratulations of their numerous friends upon the arrival of a fine boy on Friday last week. According to “Madam Rumor,” the little chap will be named Adolphus Johnson, the first name being in honor of his uncle, Mr. A.E. Howard. Mr. and Mrs. Howard, who resided near town, moved recently to the Bennett home on Broad street, where they are at home to their many friends. This residence some few weeks ago was purchased by Mr. Patt Holder.

Mrs. J.F. Nash, who has been a patient several days in Pittman hospital, Fayetteville, underwent an operation last Saturday and is getting on as nicely as can be expected. Mrs. Nash is very pleasantly remembered by friends over the county as iss Agnes Floyd of Fairmont. Her mother-in-law, Mrs. Nash of Sumpter, S.C., arrived a few days prior to her leaving and with the assistance of a servant will have supervision of the household duties for the doctor and the kiddies during Mrs. Nash’s illness. Having visited in St. Paul frequently Mrs. Nash Sr. is warmly welcomed by numerous friends, both young and old.

Sunday morning found Mrs. Maggie Oliver again in town, she having just returned from a visit to Canada and Montreat, where she has been since early summer. Mrs. Oliver, who is a daughter of the late Rev. Joseph Evans, has scores of relatives and friends in Canada, where in younger days she was resident. While I St. Paul she will make her headquarters I the home of her stepmother, Mrs. Sallie Evans, Fayetteville street.

Issues Sara and Elizabeth McGeachy, who are this season’s members of the freshman class at Flora Macdonald college, Red Springs, spent the week-end with their pareitns, Mr. and Mrs. L.A. McGeachy.

Mrs. Elias Johnson and little son, James William, of Lincolnton, arrived Saturday for a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Butler and family, she being formerly Miss Berta Butler of our town.

Among the sick during the past few days were little Miss Sarah Grantham, Miss Bessie Johnson and little Miss Adeline Poole daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Ivey T. Poole. All are convalescent again. The reporter is especially glad to be back on the job following a brief absence.

Miss Helen McGeachy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.A. McGeachy, was home last week-end, returning today to Flora Macdonald to resume her studies.

Mrs. Annie Harris, who several weeks previously accepted a position in the drygoods department of L.S. Britt and Co. store, resolved last week on account of the health of her father, Mr. R.A. Melvin who needed her assistance in his business at Buie. Mrs. Harris as a former resident was favorably liked in St. Paul and it was with regret her resignation was tendered.

Mrs. J.T. Page and little son have returned from a pleasant visit among relatives at Hoffman. Miss Elizabeth Hartman of Flora Macdonald college spent the week-end with her mother, Mrs. Sallie Hartman, Armfield street, to the delight of friends.

Guests in the home of Miss Neil Rice were Misses Ella Harper and Smith, who in company with a friend motored over from Tarboro for a brief while, Miss Harper remaining over for the week-end while Miss Smith visited in Red Springs.

Mr. and Mrs. Simon Leviton and little daughter, Evelyn Ruth, spent Sunday in the home of the former’s sister, Mrs. Joe Sugar. Mr. and Mrs. Leviton recently oved to Red Springs, where he has charge of a dry goods store previously opened by Mr. Sugar, merchant here.

Mr. John D. McNeill of Rennert was among the visitors in town Saturday afternoon.

Miss Florabel McGoogan returned Tuesday to Flora Macdonald following a brief visit to home folks. Her mother, Mrs. George McGoogan, who since her return from Pittman hospital, Fayetteville, where she recently underwent an operation for appendicitis, has been at the home of her mother-in-law, Mrs. D.A. McGoogan, where she is nicely improving.

Mrs. Sallie Evans and sister, Miss Mary McNeill, spent last Wednesday in Fayetteville.

Mrs. S.A. Donahoe of Onley, Va., arrived Sunday night for a visit to her daughter, Mrs. I.T. Poole.

Messrs. J.C. Lentz and Francis Northrop of the local bank attended the delightful luncheon of the Kiwanis club given at the Lorraine hotel in Lumberton today in honor of Robeson county bankers and farmers.

From page 3 of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, November 17, 1924. the paper had two separate columns from Bessie Johnson on different pages.

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Bessie Johnson Shares St. Paul News, Nov. 17, 1924

St. Paul to Have 4 New Brick Store Buildings. . . A Group of Buildings that Will Add Much to Broad Street—Thompson Hospital Loss—Personal and Other Items

By Bessie G. Johnson

St. Paul, Nov. 14—Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lovin and children of Red Springs motored over Armistice Day for a visit in the home of Mrs. Mary C. King, Mrs. Lovin being a daughter of Mrs. King.

Mrs. Josie Bohman of Liberty, who was a guest the past 10 days in the home of her daughter, Mrs. A.S. McGoogan, Armfield street, went over to McDonald Wednesday for a visit to her son, Dr. E.L. Bohman and family, who reside there. Dr. Bohman came over to accompany her to his home. It is expected she will return in a few days to resume her visit here.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith McRainey and little son, Neill Duncan, enjoyed a day’s visit Tuesday in the home of the former’s uncle, Mr. D.C. McRainey who resides at Vass.

Mr. Albert Guiton, who is a student at Chapel Hill, where he is pursuing a course in pharmacy, which he hopes to complete this term, was home for the week-end to the delight of his numerous friends.

The regular monthly meeting of the local Home Demonstration club was held at the club room at 3 p.m. yesterday.

Mr. C.J. Caddell spent Thursday afternoon in Fayetteville on business.

Excavation is being made for the erection of a 2-story brick building on Broad street on the lot adjoining H.M. Johnson’s pressing club and shoe repair shop, with Mr. Matthew Culbreth of Fayetteville as owner, while on the adjoining lots, between this and L.S. Britt & co.’s store, three other brick buildings are being planned. The adjoining one to Culbreth will be occupied by Nance & McCormick, while the other two will be under ownership of J.C. Lindsay and will possibly be subject to rent. This is an ideal location, and this group will add much to the attractiveness of Broad street.

Attorney John David Canady returned yesterday from Little river, where, in company with friends from elsewhere, he enjoyed several days’ hunting. He is confined to his home today by illness which his friends hope will not prove serious and that he will soon be out again.

Mrs. Smith McRainey, who suffered a bruised knee several days ago, was reported yesterday as being confined to her bed and according to her little daughter was on the verge of complications.

Mrs. Annie Nash of Sumpter, S.C., who is visiting in the home of her son, Dr. J.F. Nash, in company with Mrs. J.A. Johnson and the two little Nash kids, Ann and Jack, motored to Fayetteville Wednesday afternoon to see the latter’s mother, Mrs. J.F. Nash, who underwent an operation at Pittman hospital. Her condition continues to improve.

Mrs. John D. Canady, who spent several days with Mr. Canady’s people near Hope Mills, has returned home again.

Miss Cornelia Steele recently returned from Richmond, where she went to consult an oculist.

The burning of Thompson hospital of Lumberton was learned with regret by numerous friends over the country. Having spent several weeks there during an operation prior to its beloved founder’s death, I, too, felt a pang of sadness in the loss of the old building. Miss Ruth Caddell, one of our St. Paul girls who was in training here, returned last night to her home here, where she will remain until further arrangements are made. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Caddell, who went over for her last evening. A girl friend, a Miss Leath of near Nichols, S.C., who entered training about the time Miss Caddell did, accompanied her to St. Paul for a brief visit before her return to Nichols. Those connected in any way with the institution have the sympathy of their numerous friends in the misfortune which has so suddenly enveloped them.

Quite a number of the local ladies as representatives of the Missionary society of the M.E. church met with he auxiliary at Barker’s church Friday last week, reporting quite an enjoyable affair.

“The Sea Hawk,” which has won its fame in other towns as being the best motion picture, was presented yesterday at the Grand Theatre, running matinee and night, with the same performance again today.

Miss Flossie Caudell, who holds a position with the Joe Sugar dry goods department store at Red Springs which is in charge of Mr. Simon Leviton, is this week assisting in the store here, of which Mr. Sugar is also proprietor.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, November 17, 1924. The Robesonian had two columns on St. Paul by Bessie Johnson on different pages.

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Southern Pines Hotel Badly Damaged by Fire, Nov. 16, 1924

Southern Pines Hotel Is Badly Damaged by Fire. . . Three Towns Help

By the Associated Press

Southern Pines, Nov. 15—The Southern Pines Hotel, a winter hotel, was threatened with destruction tonight when fire broke out in the basement. The blaze was brought under control the by the combined efforts of the Southern Pines, Aberdeen and Pinehurst fire departments.

The extent of the damage, much of it due to water and smoke, had not been estimated today, but it was said to be heavy. The hotel recently was purchased by J.J. Harrington, New Hampshire hotel man. The loss is said to have been covered by insurance.

From the front page of The New Bernian, Sunday, Nov. 16, 1924

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